The Father's love letter.
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verses from
the Bible
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As paraphrased by Barry Adams of Ontario, Canada. | |
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My Child…
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Psalm 139:1
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You may not
know me, but I know everything about you
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Psalm 139:2
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I know when
you sit down and when you rise up
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Psalm 139:3
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I am familiar
with all your ways
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Matthew 10:29-31
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Even the very
hairs on your head are numbered
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Genesis 1:27
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For you were
made in my image
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Acts 17:28
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In me you
live and move and have your being
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Acts 17:28
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For you are
my offspring
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Jeremiah 1:4-5
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I knew you
even before you were conceived
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Eph 1:11-12
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I chose you
when I planned creation
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Psalm 139:15-16
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You were not
a mistake, for all your days are written in my book
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Acts 17:26
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I determined
the exact time of your birth and where you would live
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Psalm 139:14
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You are fearfully
and wonderfully made
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Psalm 139:13
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I knit you
together in your mother's womb
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Psalm 71:6
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And brought
you forth on the day you were born
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John 8:41-44
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I have been
misrepresented by those who don't know me
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1 John 4:16
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I am not distant
and angry, but am the complete expression of love
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1 John 3:1
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And it is
my desire to lavish my love on you
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1 John 3:1
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Simply because
you are my child and I am your father
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Matthew 7:11
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I offer you
more than your earthly father ever could
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Matthew 5:48
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For I am the
perfect father
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James 1:17
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Every good
gift that you receive comes from my hand
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Matthew 6:31-33
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For I am your
provider and I meet all your needs
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Jeremiah 29:11
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My plan for
your future has always been filled with hope
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Jeremiah 31:3
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Because I
love you with an everlasting love
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Psalm 139:17-18
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My thoughts
toward you are countless as the sand on the seashore
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Zephaniah
3:17
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And I rejoice
over you with singing
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Jeremiah 32:40
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I will never
stop doing good to you
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Exodus 19:5
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For you are
my treasured possession
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Jeremiah 32:41
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I desire to
establish you with all my heart and all my soul
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Jeremiah 33:3
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And I want
to show you great and marvelous things
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Deut 4:29
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If you seek
me with all your heart, you will find me
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Psalm 37:4
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Delight in
me and I will give you the desires of your heart
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Philip 2:13
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For it is
I who gave you those desires
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Eph 3:20
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I am able
to do more for you than you could possibly imagine
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2 Thess 2:16-17
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For I am your
greatest encourager
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2 Corinth
1:3-4
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I am also
the Father who comforts you in all your troubles
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Psalm 34:18
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When you are
brokenhearted, I am close to you
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Isaiah 40:11
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As a shepherd
carries a lamb, I have carried you close to my heart
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Revltn 21:3-4
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One day I
will wipe away every tear from your eyes
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Revltn 21:3-4
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And I'll take
away all the pain you have suffered on this earth
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John 17:23
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I am your
Father, and I love you even as I love my son, Jesus
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John 17:26
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For in Jesus,
my love for you is revealed
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Hebrews 1:3
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He is the
exact representation of my being
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Romans 8:31
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He came to
demonstrate that I am for you, not against you
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2 Corinth
5:18-19
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And to tell
you that I am not counting your sins
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2 Corinth
5:18-19
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Jesus died
so that you and I could be reconciled
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1 John 4:10
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His death
was the ultimate expression of my love for you
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Romans 8:31-32
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I gave up
everything I loved that I might gain your love
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1 John 2:23
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If you receive
the gift of my son Jesus, you receive me
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Romans 8:38-39
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And nothing
will ever separate you from my love again
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Luke 15:7
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Come home
and I'll throw the biggest party heaven has ever seen
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Eph 3:14-15
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I have always
been Father, and will always be Father
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John 1:12-13
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My question
is…Will you be my child?
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Luke 15:11-32
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I am waiting
for you
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Love,
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Your Dad.
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Almighty God
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